Name: Thousand Cranes

Author: Yasunari Kawabata
Year: 1952
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Classic
Cultures: Japan, Asia

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ISBNs:
9780679762652
0679762655
Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata'€™s Thousand Cranes is a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead. While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents'€™ deaths, Kikuji encounters his father'€™s former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passion'€”a passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers, but also for Mrs. Ota'€™s daughter, to whom Kikuji'€™s attachments soon extend. Death, jealousy, and attraction convene around the delicate art of the tea ceremony, where every gesture is imbued with profound meaning.
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